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Kapil Dev Nikhanj was born in Chandigarh, on 6 January 1959, [14] into a Punjabi Hindu family of Ram Lal Nikhanj, a teak merchant and his wife, Rajkumari. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] His family moved to Fazilka after the partition before eventually moving to Chandigarh .
As of 2012, Kapil Dev also holds the record for being the only player to have taken more than 400 wickets and scored over 5,000 runs in Tests. [9] [10] [11] [N 2] Kapil Dev made his Test and ODI debuts against Pakistan, both in 1978. [5] His first five-wicket haul came a year later against England during the first Test of India's tour. [12]
Kapil Dev came in when India were 4/9, and soon after they were 5/17. He scored 75 in the last 11 overs. [2] Kapil Dev became the first player for India to score an ODI hundred. [2] Kapil Dev scored the then-highest individual ODI score at the ICC Cricket World Cup.
Amiya Dev, Kapil Dev's daughter joined as an assistant director to Kabir Khan. [68] R. Badree, who acted in Khan's web-series The Forgotten Army, assigned to play the role of Sunil Valson. [69] In mid-April 2019, Adinath Kothare was assigned to play Dilip Vengsarkar, [70] and Jatin Sarna was signed in to play Yashpal Sharma. [71]
West Indies won by 138 runs. Career best performance by Kapil Dev. 9 wickets for 83 runs in a single innings. Test debut by Sidhu. Gursharan Singh who substituted for Roger Binny took four catches, becoming the first substitute to do so. 24 Nov – 29 Nov: 4th Test, Wankhede Stadium, Bombay: Match ended in a draw. Test debut by Richie Richardson.
The record was bettered by Kapil Dev of India with an unbeaten 175 runs against Zimbabwe in the 1983 World Cup. In 1984, Viv Richards of the West Indies further bettered the record with an unbeaten 189 runs against England at Old Trafford. [12] [13]
Kapil Dev: 1982–92 74 39 33 0 2 52.70 7 Syed Kirmani: 1983 1 0 1 0 0 0.00 8 Mohinder Amarnath: 1984 1 0 0 0 1 0.00 9 Ravi Shastri: 1986–91 11 4 7 0 0 36.36 10 Dilip Vengsarkar: 1987–88 18 8 10 0 0 44.44 11 Krishnamachari Srikkanth: 1989 13 4 8 0 1 30.76 12 Mohammad Azharuddin: 1989–99 174 90 76 2 6 51.72 13 Sachin Tendulkar: 1996–99 ...
The first over by Kapil Dev was a Maiden. If it also wasn't for Kapil Dev's 175, India wouldn't have made it to the 1983 CWC final. The West Indies set out to chase the low target of 184 but lost an early wicket when Balwinder Sandhu famously clean bowled Gordon Greenidge .